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Latin names
Since Linnaeus, the scientific name for any living thing
is made from Latin names for its genus and its species.
So the scientific name for the blue whale is Balaenoptera musculus.
The genus name is given a capital letter.
These names are often shortened with just the first letter of the genus,
like B. musculus, A. muscaria, B. smithi and so on.
The names are written in italics (letters leaning over).

Balaenoptera musculus	Amanita muscaria	Brachypelma smithi	Rosa odorata
Connochaetes taurinus	Chrysaora quinquecirrha	Rhizocarpon geographicum	Papio anubis